It may be said that in the court of Augustus there was much general intellectual freedom, an almost entire detachment from ancient prejudice, but that there was no free political discussion at all.
He points out the paradox of intellectual freedom existing without political discussion in Augustus's court.
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But the Jewish advantage never did so; beginning in religion, contrary to a thousand analogies, it remained religious.
Nothing promotes intellect like intellectual discussion, and nothing promotes intellectual discussion so much as government by discussion.
It is absurd to choose by contested party election an impartial chooser of Ministers.
And therefore party is inherent in it, is bone of its bone, and breath of its breath.
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